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“It is essential of the happy life that a man would have almost no mail and never dread the postman’s knock”. -C.S. Lewis Sometimes we just need to get away from it all. But I’ve found that when this feeling manifests, it’s one that is almost impossible to satiate. I could go for a […]

Momentum is one hell of a thing. Sometimes all it takes is a small nudge in the right direction, and the metaphorical snowball starts barreling down a hill at blinding speeds. Little successes in one area of life, can easily and often translate over into others. That’s why whenever I find myself in a rut, […]

Hope, memory, and how our chronic compulsion to flee from our own lives robs us of living. It is too often the case that we spend our lives fleeing from the present moment. Instead of being ever-present, we find ourselves occupied with overplanning the future or ‘recoiling with anxiety over its impermanence‘. This preoccupation robs […]

How many decisions have you already made today? Ten? A hundred? Thousands? Our lives are filled with choices, from the very moment we choose to open our eyes. The multitude of simple every day decisions consume much of our energy and focus, and those important ones can stay with us for extended periods of time. […]

“Negative thoughts!? But haven’t you read the secret?” I know, I know – negative thinking is bad, right? If you bring negative thoughts to your mind, the Universe will give you exactly what you’ve thought of! I’ve heard this for a while, but it’s just not something that works for me. For even a very […]